Biologist Sheila
Patek talks about her work measuring the feeding strike of the mantis
shrimp, one of the fastest movements in the animal world, using video
cameras recording at 20,000 frames per second.

About Sheila Patek

Biologist Sheila Patek is addicted to speed -- animal speed. She's
measured the fastest animal movements in the world, made by
snail-smashing mantis shrimp and the snapping mandibles of trap-jaw
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